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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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Type 22 infantry pillbox, with thickened walls [recorder terms type 29]. In front of the pillbox is a sluice and drain which once drained water from the adjacent anti-tank ditch.
(Source: Article 1994/12)
Irregularly-sided variant on a type 22 pillbox. Concrete-faced, formed with horizontal plank shuttering. Doorway on NE side, with one small rifle port to left of door.A low buttress-type structure projects from the W faces of the pillbox (purpose unknown). Faces SW (towards line of anti-tank ditch). All embrasures and doorway blocked up. A concrete drainage structure is close by.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/09/03)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
|---|---|
| Location | Close to a post-war housing estate, adjacent to a footpath, SE of Pangbourne. |
| Area |
Pangbourne, Berkshire, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 63996 76052
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Alexander, Colin (Pillbox Study Group) |
| Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Red (Sulham Valley sector) - Length of the GHQ Stop Line: Red running between the Rivers Thames and Kennet, along the line of the Sulham Valley west of Reading. |
| Photographs |
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| DOB site reference: | S0005709 |
| Reference |
1994/12 Sulham Valley: A Heavy Concentration of Anti-Tank Pillboxes |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/08 1940/12 Field Visit, During 1994 Field Visit, On 2003/09/03 |
